Here is Kate....I was taking pictures of Claire and she felt left out so we took a picture of her with the Christmas tree.
Here's our little Claire Bear-- as we love to call her. She was looking so cute in this outfit, that my firend Jodi gave me, and I just had to snap some pictures. I think she is kind of half smiling in the picture. I tried really hard to capture her smile, but of course never snapped the camera at the right time-- mostly because Kate was being oh so helpful!! I think her cheeks are starting to chub up a little and she still has all her dark hair!!
Anyway, life is good ... Crazy but good. I am still stressed about school (hopefully I'll have that all figured out by next week) and Christmas (mostly because I am ward activities director and have to plan the ward party!!) and my house (which I've decided I need to not worry about so much) and my kids (mostly the messes they make--my mom says I'll miss them someday, we'll see) but I feel so blessed!! Plus it's Christmas time-- I love Christmas!!!
My mom got Claire this cute outfit, so I had to take a picture of it so she could see-- since she's in Florida and I picked it out!!
The snow drift---Jason thought he could make it!! Here's the story-- We were driving over to Jason's parent's on Christmas morning after we'd opened presents and ate breakfast at home. I was in my car and Jason was in his Dad's truck, we'd borrowed and were returning. I got to the drift first and stopped. Jason pulled up next to me. I told him that I didn't think we could ever make it through, He said, " oh Jenn, just back up and I'll go first" This is where he ended up. Lucky for us we live in a farming town and within 5 minutes a tractor and a backhoe were there to pull him out and plow the road so we could make it to gma's and gpa's house. Jason claims he could of made it if he had gotten a little more speed-- we'll let him think that-- the drift was like 4 feet tall!!
Karson got his very own "real rock star guitar" as he calls it!! Santa brought it to him. We are excited for him to start playing his first musical instrument. I'm more of an acoustic fan, but the guitar guy said that the electric are much easier for kids to learn on-- so here's our future rock star!!
Don't you just love your house at Christmas!! I do-- I took this picture after Santa came on Christmas eve! We had such a wonderful Christmas this year!! The kids are at such fun ages and were adorable!! I loved being in my own house and would have been perfectly content just hanging out at home all day. We did get to see lots of family though, and that's always fun too! I feel so blessed this year and I always love Christmas as a time to reflect on blessings especially the gift of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ---his birth, his life, and all he did for us!!
